South Wind (Barnes & Noble Library of Essential Reading) EPUB
by Norman Douglas
Part of the Barnes & Noble Library of Essential Reading series
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South Wind depicts a group of eccentric and even scandalous characters wiling away their time in a sunny Mediterranean resort. The novel takes place on Nepenthe, Douglass thinly veiled version of Capri, an island retreat for pleasure-seekers since Roman times. In classical mythology, nepenthe was a medicine that caused one to forget melancholy and suffering; Douglas comical duchesses, American millionaires, and expatriate freethinkers forget not only suffering, but conventional morality and even ordinary discretion. In the series of witty conversations that make up much of the novel, the characters analyze (and mock) religion, science, morality, progress, and the legacies of classical civilization. The novel spoke to the young, rebellious, and cynical generation that was scarred by the experience of World War I, and influenced younger English writers such as Aldous Huxley and Graham Greene.
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- Publisher:Barnes & Noble
- Publication Date:01/09/2009
- ISBN:9781411431584
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- Format:EPUB
- Publisher:Barnes & Noble
- Publication Date:01/09/2009
- ISBN:9781411431584